Family of Photographers

A few nights ago, Adam was concentrating rather intensively on one of his Hanukkah gifts.  I wanted to capture the moment with photos or videos, but the fluorescent lighting wasn't doing me any favors.  Ashley stepped in with the built-in light on Karla's phone to help:

What was the gift?  It was a set of sticker mosaics:

Breakfast at Bickfords

The citizens love it when we go out for breakfast.  Ashley gets to color to her heart's content:

While Adam picks up more tech tips from Daddy:

A-Ridin' We Will Go

Lucy's roving camera snapped some cute photos and videos recently.  I'll post them as they become available.  Today's insight:  car travel.

Piggyback Rides

I hope the kids never get too old to enjoy this.  Hopefully Daddy's back will keep up with them!

Hanukkah: Post #1

The wonderful thing about Hanukkah is that it lasts 8 great nights.  Here's one of them.  More to come in the next few days.

Tzedakah

The PJ Library thoughtfully sent us tzedakah (charity) boxes for the citizens.  They're as much fun to open as they are to use!

H-Mart Excursion

We took Lucy to the nearest Korean grocery store called H-Mart.  There's a small food court there, so we decided to have lunch too:

Media Lab Holiday Party

Had lots of fun at the holiday party.  Thanks to John Werner for snapping these wonderful photos!

Priceless Parcel

We received a priceless parcel from Grandma and Papa.  Guess what was inside?  If you've followed this blog for any length of time, you will certainly know what we received:  cookies!

School Visitors

Karla and I tagged along with the kids one Friday morning to see what the citizens do on Friday mornings.  It was a very enjoyable morning:

Team Lumberjack

Lumberjacks-in-training are on the move.  Not sure how these skills are going to pay off in our home state, but if we ever move to Maine, Alaska or the Pacific Northwest, these two will blend right in.

And did you see who had closed his eyes again?  Aarrrgh!

The Hug

When Adam and Ashley hug, it fills this mother with great joy.  So I (foolishly) thought I'd snap a photo of it:

No luck getting both of them at once.  So I tried again:

B
ut Adam's eyes were shut. I pointed this out to Adam.  You know where this is going, don't you?  Yup:  closed eyes in each photo for the rest of the day.  You can see it in tomorrow's post too! 

Daddy Returns

Best part about Daddy's latest business trip?  His early morning return.  As the kids were jumping all over him, Ashley shouted, "Mommy, get your phone and take a picture!".  What a smart cookie!

Climbing Monkeys

It's amazing.  I no longer fear watching the kids climb through the ropes course, because I know they can do it on their own.

"Me" Readers

Found something called a "me" reader at Costco.  This is heaven for Adam and Ashley.  Each reader is programmed to read 8 books to the kids.  We bought two different readers.  If we throw in a bit of math, that's 16 books that the adults don't have to read repeatedly!  Thank goodness for early holiday shopping at Costco this year.

Whole Foods

Whoever studies demographics for Whole Foods has our family pegged.  Not only do they have non-GMO, non-offensive foods for wackadoodle moms like me, but they also have Hello Kitty tea sets and a large Lightning McQueen toy in the play area.  The A-team didn't want to leave!

Share a Lick

The only thing better than licking a lollipop is getting to share lollipop flavors with your best friend:

Architect to Be?

Ashley saw my hat from Tsoi/Kobus & Associates.  Being the fashion-forward gal that she is, Ashley immediately appropriated it for her own use.  I'll fully admit it looks cuter on her than it does on me.

Invincible Citizens

Nothing stops these two.  Nothing.  I'm happy to report they appear to be as comfortable running around in the woods as they are running around on a playground.  What a lucky mommy I am!